A fun yet provocative look at the importance of staying curious in an increasingly indifferent world Everyone is born curious.
Filled with inspiring stories, case studies, and practical advice, Curious will change the way you think about Your own mental life, and that of those around you..
Curiosity is a mental muscle that atrophies without regular exercise and a habit that parents, schools, and workplaces need to nurture.
Drawing on fascinating research from psychology, economics, education, and business, Leslie looks at what feeds curiosity and what starves it, and finds surprising answers.
In Curious , Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for the cultivation of our Desire to know.
A curiosity divide is opening up.
But at the very moment when the rewards of curiosity have never been higher, it is misunderstood and undervalued, and increasingly monopolized by the cognitive elite.
Those who do so tend to be smarter, more creative, and more successful.
But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older.
A fun yet provocative look at the importance of staying curious in an increasingly indifferent world Everyone is born curious